Embroidery kit



ZMIGJM P. C. SHARP EMBROIDERY -K IT @et l, @35

Filed Sept. 29, 1933 i@ may@ tl |N\ E Nuna m* Q N wm .wdnm wfffff? i?ft; b O .N\ .M. N\V\\\ H w WJ, %\\W G M S Q ./O o m W M m M m PatentedOct. 1, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application September29,'1933,'Seriall No. 691,473 VIn Canada October 12, 1932 3 Claims.

.My invention relates to improvements in embroiderykitsfand the objectof the invention is to provide means whereby a complete arrangement ofcolours and shades of embroidery thread will "5 be available tothe'worker in the most convenient form, and in such a manner as topermit ready identification of the embroidery thread required toreplenish supply. Another object of the invention is to segregate thesplit threads and hold V them in convenient location for the convenienceof theworker, and inthe following specification and the drawing formingpart thereof, I shall describe and illustrate myv preferred form ofinvention, and a modification thereof, and what I claim as new will beset forth in the claims forming part of this specification.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my embroidery kit opened out. Fig. 2 is a planView of one of the thread holders, and Fig. 3 is a cross section on theline 3-,3, Fig. 1.

In the drawing, like characters of reference refer to the same parts.

Those who do fancy Work have no practical inexpensive means of holdingthe embroidery thread, and the result is that the average ladies sewingbaskets contain various shades and colors of embroidery thread more orless in a disorganized state, thus rendering it troublesome to removefrom this more or less tangled mass the thread she wishes to immediatelyuse. Furthermore when embroidery thread is loosely dumped into a sewingbasket, the thread not only becomes soiled, but there is a considerablepercentage of -wastage through the thread becoming snarled or tangled upand unfit for use. My invention avoids these disadvantages. Onepractical feature of my invention that possesses value to the fancyworker is that by looking at her embroidery kit she can immediatelydetermine what color or shade of embroidery thread she is out of.

The basic element of my invention is the thread holder 2 provided ateach end with an indenture 3 shaped as desired to permit the embroiderythread to be wound longitudinally around the holder. Each holder is slitas shown at 4 thus providing means to receive the ends of the embroiderythread wound around the holder. 5 are tongues integrally formed with thebody portion of each of these holders, and one at each end of a holder.These tongues are in alignment, and they may be separated from theiradjacent portions of their associated ends by slitting these ends asshown at 6. The inner sides of these tongues 5 may be cut off at anangle thus forming V-shaped openings 1. The preferred con- (Cl. 20G-464)struction just described forms the outer end v'of each tongue somewhatpointed thus enabling these tongues to pass through slits 3 formed vinbothsidesof the leaf 9 which forms the foundationfof the'embroidery kit.The material com- `5 posing the thread holder 2 will be preferably ofstout paper or cardboard thereby-providing zthe necessary flexibility inthe tongues 5. Of course any other suitable material may be employed for4the manufacture of this holder, lsuch'as celluloid 10 or cellophane.The cost of course will determine the nature of the material used tomake the said holder.

Though not absolutely essential, each side of the leaf 9 may be providedwith an indenture I0 15 in alignment with the indentures 3 in the holdfers 2.

In Fig. 1, I have shown three holders 2 associated with a leaf 9. Theadvantage of having these holders is that they can be sold already 20filled with the desired embroidery thread, and each holder is designedto have the color or shade of the thread it carries marked thereon, asWell as the number.

'Ihe place or location for any particular holder 25 may be fixed inrespect of the leaf 9 by marking on this leaf in the proper locationwhich will normally be behind any given thread holder the number of thethread carried by this holder as Well as the name of the shade or colorof this 30 thread.

If a thread holder 2 should be lost, portion of the leaf 9 can be usedin place thereof, and for this purpose I specially provide theindentures IB and the slits Il opening thereinto to receive 35 the freeends of the embroidery thread wound around the leaf. In this use, theslits 8 of course will not be used.

Very frequently the embroidery thread must be split before it can beused, and therefore I pro- 40 vide the leaf l2 with aligned slits I3,and opening at an angle from each of these is a slit I4.

I5 represents split threads which have been passed through the slits I3into the slits I4. The formation of the passageways I3 weakens the 45sides of the leaf I2, and therefore to stiifen the sides I provide ametal keeper I6, U-shaped in cross section which is slipped over thesaid sides. This keeper can be readily removed and replaced as desired.50

The leaves forming the embroidery kit may be of any suitable number, andthey may be flexibly coupled together after any suitable manner. In Fig.1, I have shown each leaf provided with eyelets I'I through which linksI8 pass. 55

As will be apparent from Fig. l, when a holder is coupled to the leaf 9,the pairs of slits 4, and

I I, as Well as the indentures 3, and IIJ, will be in alignment, andtherefore when a free end of a thread Wound on a holder 2, coupled tothe leaf 9, is passed through these said aligned slits, the holder willbe additionally coupled to the leafto prevent the left-hand side thereofopping during handling of the device thus relieving the Jtongues 5, ofundue strain at such times.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention and in Wh-at manner the same is to be performed, I declarethat what I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a flexible thread holder havingslits I3 formed at each end thereof into which open slits formed in thebody portion of the holder to receive the free ends of the thread Woundtherearound, and a removable keeper adapted to be passed over each sideof the said holder.

, 2. In combination, a leaf having indentures formed therein one at eachend thereof, and a horizontal slit spaced apart from each indenturelocated in each end substantially in alignment With the bottom of itsassociated indenture; a flexible individual thread holder havingindentures formed one in each end thereof of substantially the same sizeas the indentures formed in said leaf, and into which at one side nearthe bottom thereof open slits formed in the body por- 3. In combination,a leaf having indentures Y formed therein one at each end thereof, and ahorizontal slit spaced apart from each indenture located in each endsubstantially in alignment with the bottom of its associated indenture;a flexible individual thread holder having indentures formed one in eachend thereof of substantially the same size as the indentures formed insaid leaf, and into Which'at one side near the bottom thereof open slitsformed in the body portion of said holder to receive the free ends of 20thread Wound therearound, and aligned flexible tongues formed one ateach end of said holder at one side thereof and spaced apart from theiradjacent portions of said ends by substantially V- shaped openings fora. .distance approximately 25 that of the depth of said holderindentures, thus providing said tongues with narrowed ends to permitthem to be inserted into the slits inV said leaf to detachably couplesaid holder to said leaf.

PETREA, C. SHARP.

